Peter Ainsworth
Leading the good life
Peter Ainsworth 1956-2021
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre